QPR injury worries set to continue

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Lyndon Dykes and QPR’s injured wide-men could be facing a minimum of another fortnight on the sidelines.

Striker Dykes is out along with wing-backs Moses Odubajo, Albert Adomah and Lee Wallace.

And manager Mark Warburton believes a return in 10 to 14 days is the best-case scenario.


It means they are all expected to again be unavailable for next week’s game against Sheffield United.

The loss of Odubajo is a particularly big blow as he can operate on both flanks.

With the on-loan Sam McCallum already out until the new year after hamstring surgery, Wallace suffering another hamstring injury of his own has limited Warburton’s left-sided options.

Sam Field, usually a midfielder, was deployed as a left wing-back in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat against Stoke.

Warburton admitted: “Moses is a devastating one because he can play left and right. So that’s a problem.

“We’ll see how he is, but I’m hoping 10 to 14 days for these guys – I’m hoping. I just don’t know.”

Warburton wants to bring in new signings when the transfer window reopens next month.

But he insisted that naming just six substitutes for the Stoke game was not an attempt to show the club’s board that reinforcements are needed.

He said: “We’ve got a squad of 22. I couldn’t name all the subs. That wasn’t a statement, it was just a fact. Simple as that.

“We’ve lost four wing-backs and had six players out.

“We were light, but that’s the Championship and you have to deal with it.”